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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel Moby Dick and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. (Source.)

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American writer and poet (1819–1891)

Born	1 August 1819
Died	28 September 1891

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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville
First published in 1851
1119 editions, 60 ebooks

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by Herman Melville
First published in 1840
216 editions, 47 ebooks

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The Confidence Man

by Herman Melville
First published in 1857
100 editions, 16 ebooks

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Omoo

by Herman Melville
First published in 1847
93 editions, 19 ebooks

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Billy Budd, Sailor

by Herman Melville
First published in 1900
90 editions, 17 ebooks

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White-Jacket

by Herman Melville
First published in 1850
80 editions, 15 ebooks

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Redburn

by Herman Melville
First published in 1849
68 editions, 9 ebooks

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Bartleby the Scrivener: a Tale of Wall Street

by Herman Melville
First published in 1966
66 editions, 8 ebooks

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Israel Potter

by Herman Melville
First published in 1855
56 editions, 12 ebooks

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Moby Dick by Herman Melville

by Herman Melville First published in 2020
52 editions

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The Piazza Tales

by Herman Melville
First published in 1856
52 editions, 10 ebooks

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Pierre, or the Ambiguities

by Herman Melville
First published in 1852
52 editions, 12 ebooks

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Mardi: and a voyage thither

by Herman Melville
First published in 1800
42 editions, 2 ebooks
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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

by Herman Melville
First published in 1866
38 editions, 9 ebooks

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Redburn: Large Print

by Herman Melville First published in 2019
34 editions

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Typee: Large Print

by Herman Melville First published in 2018
30 editions

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Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville
First published in 1926
28 editions, 3 ebooks

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Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville First published in 2014
27 editions

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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville First published in 2020
25 editions

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Omoo: Large Print

by Herman Melville First published in 2018
25 editions

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American writer and poet (1819–1891)

Born	1 August 1819
Died	28 September 1891

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL29497A
GoodReads: 1624
ISNI: 000000012125135X
Integrated Authority File (GND): 118580604
IMDb: nm0578479
Library of Congress Names: n79006936
LibraryThing: melvilleherman
LibriVox: 329
MusicBrainz: 3db5e88d-ea25-4344-a9fd-cefb1ae64630
Project Gutenberg: 9
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV013030
VIAF: 27068555
Wikidata: Q4985
Inventaire.io: wd:Q4985

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